Actors these days are known to go the extra mile, but Randeep Hooda supposedly overdid it for his upcoming movie 'Sarabjit'. Hooda lost 18 kgs in mere 28 days for Omung Kumar's next, which also features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Richa Chadha in lead roles. Revealing details of the excruciating diet plans, he said, “I was a muscular 94 kg at the time and while it's easy to burn fat, it's hard to lose muscle. I was expecting to shoot the portions when Sarabjit was a pahalwan in his village and then slowly shed weight. The decision came as a shock and led to a period of physical and mental torture.”
Hooda went on a strict diet supervised by his sister Dr Anjali Hooda-Sangwan which allowed him only 500-600 calories per day, with a few cheat days where he was allowed starch. His diet mainly constituted of proteins and greens. “Like I do with everything else, I overdid this too, going on a zero calorie diet without realising the body needs sugar to function. The lack of it almost drove me crazy. I was thinking about food all the time, there were days when I was so hungry, I couldn't sleep. There came a point when I wasn't even allowed an apple and was so emaciated I could barely walk.”
The actor stopped socialising and a drink on New Year's Eve made him “dizzy” and forced him to return home. This was the second of Hooda's physical transformations last year, he'd earlier put on 17 kg for Deepak Tijori's 'Do Lafzon Ki Kahani', which is still to be released. Sarabjit Singh was and Indian national who was famously detained in Pakistan for 23 years. He was attacked by fellow inmates in a prison in Lahore and succumbed to his injuries on his way to a hospital.
